UK Health Show moves to Excel London as it grows to two days

The largest event dedicated to the UK’s healthcare sector is coming to the Excel London on 25-26 September this year.

The UK Health Show returns to London later this year as the leading platform for connecting senior healthcare decision makers, influencers and buyers from across the NHS and the entire UK healthcare sector.

Its mission is to connect the NHS, private healthcare providers, national bodies, partners and suppliers through thought-provoking and educational content and a trade-show platform focused on the key opportunities and challenges in healthcare today.

This year, the show will examine the unprecedented challenges currently facing the NHS, whilst also providing a space for the latest healthcare innovations and solutions.

The UK Health Show enters its third year, following its successful launch in 2016. More so, this year sees the show grow to two days to reflect its expansion plans.

Event Director and head of Healthcare at show organiser GovNet Communications, Alexander Rushton, explains: “Through the UK Health Show, we want to celebrate the leaders and the progressiveness, innovation and diversity from across the UK healthcare sector by focusing on four key opportunities and challenges facing the health sector today.

“These are digital technology, commissioning, procurement and cyber security.

“Having started my career in a Trust, before moving to the NHS Confederation and also spending a year working with the World Health Organization, I’ve seen first-hand the challenges facing the healthcare industry not only in the NHS and UK systems, but also the global systems.

“However, with that comes great opportunity and that is what we promote with the UK Health Show – the opportunity for the whole of the NHS, industry and the wider sector to meet, discuss, connect and find solutions to take advantage of the opportunities for success and overcome the challenges faced today.

“This gives our exhibitors, sponsors and all attendees’ access to the full spectrum of buyers, specifiers, decision makers, influencers and stakeholders in the healthcare sector.”

What’s On

The UK Health Show will feature 11 content theatres delivering over 80 hours of content with a speaker faculty of over 200 experts and case studies. Those confirmed are Lord Carter of Coles; Will Smart, CIO at NHS England, Noel Gordon, chair at NHS Digital and Juliet Bauer, chief digital officer at NHS England who are just a few of this year’s 2018 staggering line up.

The trade show floor, home to some of key industry organisations is expected to attract over £875m worth of buying power. Already confirmed are Toshiba, Panasonic, TPP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cambio Healthcare Systems, Emis Group, System C and Graphnet.

In 2018, there is also the opportunity for exhibitors and sponsors to take advantage of the Healthcare Buyers Programme, private breakfast and roundtables discussions, the central networking lounge and a range of sponsorship packages to meet all needs.